Hi, Walter!
Yes, according to what hubby-Tom has read on the B5 net (and he's read it
since the beginning), JMS is indeed an anime fan in general and a GHL fan
in particular. (Why do you think they named it "Zeta Squadron?" As in,
"Believe in a Sign of ..." !)
Of course, there's a lot of OTHER "literature" (like Tolkien, etc.) in B5,
so there is one other literary reference for naming a ship "Hyperion."
- Sue